Nice work so far Jim.👍 Those door handles and window cranks are pretty decent looking as is. I would just paint them with Molotow after doing the door cards.
Getting back to the question of the Ferrari heads…I think a little experimentation with paint consistency, air pressure and distance, one could achieve an acceptable degree of “not quite flat” texture.
Since I am in a bit of a building slump right now…I did a quick test. The bottom piece of Evergreen is blasted with crushed glass which is way too aggressive, but it’s what is in my cabinet. The top one is sanded fairly smooth with 800 grit. The blasted one is sprayed with slightly thinned Tamiya LP-21 Italian Red. The smooth one is sprayed with un-thinned LP-21 from a distance of about 8-10”. I think even blasting with a finer grit could possibly damage or obliterate the raised lettering on the cover.
Not nearly as often as I should! I tend to work obsessively on a project, then a squirrel appears and I may not get back to the project for weeks or months. I try to jot down plans, paints etc. as I go, but frequently forget to.😳
If you do build it with the fenders, check that the body will sit right down nicely. I found that I had to clip off the locating pins and use the rear fenders themselves for locating the body. The pins may be necessary for a fenderless build?